How many teams are better than the Patriots right now?

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Happy Veterans Day! How many teams are better than the Patriots right now? Are the Patriots a top 5 team? 🤔 Eagles, Rams, Chiefs? Who are the top contenders?!

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00:00But you were expecting a good one, though, last night.

00:02Oh, no, no, in general, last night probably was the game

00:05they were most looking forward to at ESPN.

00:07It just was nuts.

00:08Which is unfortunate, too, because I think Buck and Aikman

00:09are the best duo on television right now.

00:12I agree.

00:13I think that the Packers, like, and they were, like,

00:15one of my Super Bowl favorites.

00:17I think I even picked them to go to the Super Bowl.

00:19But I don't know with the Packers, man.

00:21I just can't get this team.

00:23There's a play in the game where Jordan loves getting sacked,

00:27and he's going down and decides, you know what,

00:29let me get rid of the football, you know, not even throw it.

00:32He's just like, yeah, I'm just going to put it up in the air

00:35and it's a turnover.

00:36That's like what we saw from Cam Ward.

00:38Yeah, and, you know, the Packers, they can get after it,

00:41like, defensively, but I just, unless it's me, I just,

00:44I can't get them.

00:46You know, I don't like, and so when, you know,

00:47when I sit there as a Patriots fan and I look at these football teams,

00:50like, who concerns me throughout the league,

00:53even if you are fortunate enough to get to the Super Bowl,

00:56do the Packers really concern you?

00:58No, I mean, I, if you, if you had to go down the list,

01:02I'm sure the Rams do, right?

01:05Yeah, the Rams.

01:06They're so good.

01:07But I just saw the Packers, though, like,

01:09you saw what Miles Garrett did against you,

01:13and Micah Parsons could be a major disruptor for the Patriots.

01:16Oh, yeah, he is.

01:17So, I mean, that would be a concern if he's, you know,

01:19getting after Drake May.

01:20Yeah, I guess you're right about that.

01:22Man, imagine if you could have got one of those guys.

01:25Why?

01:25He's like, why would you do that?

01:26He is so, like, I mean, every play,

01:29even if he doesn't make it to sack,

01:30he's in the backfield, and Jalen Hurts was stepping up or running.

01:34I mean, I guess the Rams, I would,

01:36I would definitely be concerned about.

01:39The Seahawks, I don't know about the Seahawks.

01:41I mean, I know they're playing well,

01:42but it's still a Sam Donald.

01:45I know.

01:45Yeah, I know.

01:46Also, the fact that you're only concerned about the,

01:50who you're going to face in the Super Bowl is a little bit alarming to me.

01:54Like, you've got to pump the brakes.

01:57Do I?

01:57Yes.

01:58Got to be excited.

01:58So what's the purpose of,

02:00all right, so would I just wait till, like, January to start talking?

02:04How many teams do you think today are better than the Patriots?

02:07Oh, that's a great question, Curtis.

02:08I love it.

02:09I'll definitely dive into that one with you.

02:11I mean, because I think the Eagles are a better team than the Patriots.

02:15All things being equal.

02:17You're looking, if you're being generous, you're a top five team.

02:20If you want to be somewhat homerish, you could be top four or three.

02:23Because I would say, like, Eagles, Rams, Seahawks.

02:27Colts, no.

02:27No, I would say Rams, Seahawks, NFC, except the Chiefs.

02:31I wouldn't say the Seahawks.

02:32Me either.

02:33I would not say the Seahawks.

02:33The Seahawks have the best defensive football.

02:35But I would, like, they're so good.

02:36But they're still, it's, I, listen,

02:39I love Jackson, Smith, and Jigba.

02:41But I don't know.

02:42That's awesome.

02:42I still, I'm Sam Donald.

02:44Your defense is getting better.

02:46I mean, it's not compared to some of the other defenses.

02:50But I wouldn't say Seattle.

02:51I'll give you the Rams.

02:52I'll give you the Eagles.

02:55Would you say it?

02:56Go ahead.

02:56Maybe Kansas City?

02:57Where would you put the Lions?

03:00Mmm.

03:01Because talent-wise, they are better than you.

03:03But I think you have the coaching edge.

03:04Right, right.

03:05But I think you include coaching in all of this.

03:07Yeah, you have to.

03:08100%.

03:08So I would say that.

03:09That's why I think it's close.

03:10Yeah, I would say you're right there.

03:12Maybe if they are ahead of you, it's by a nose here.

03:15And if you're ahead of them, it's by a nose here.

03:18Yeah.

03:19It's just, I feel like yesterday was the national,

03:22like, these, like, quote-unquote hot takes

03:24where Rich Eisen does this whole buildup.

03:27And he's like, the Patriots are good.

03:29It's like, yeah, we've known that for, like, two months now.

03:31It's about how good are they.

03:33And they are, it's not going to be like this every year,

03:37but you're eight and two.

03:38And I don't think they've played their best football yet.

03:41I'd agree with that.

03:41Totally agree.

03:42And the way you look at it like this, Greg,

03:44if you look at any championship caliber football team,

03:49I think it starts, and this is why I look at the Patriots

03:52to being good.

03:53The two most important pieces are your quarterback

03:56and your head coach.

03:57And if you asked me, would,

04:00who has the better quarterback head coach?

04:03Rams, Patriots, I'd give the edge to the Rams.

04:06Okay, you wouldn't give it when it comes to,

04:09would you, maybe you would,

04:10when it comes to Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes.

04:13I would give it to them.

04:14Okay.

04:14But I wouldn't give it to Seattle.

04:17Like, I wouldn't, I wouldn't give it to Detroit.

04:19Buffalo?

04:21I wouldn't give it to Buffalo.

04:22You have the, they have maybe the better quarterback,

04:24but I think you have the better coach.

04:26They have the better quarterback based on experience.

04:29Yeah, on experience.

04:30Yeah.

04:30I mean, we're purely based.

04:32Same with the Ravens,

04:33better quarterback, but not better coach.

04:35Yep.

04:35But we're basing it on that.

04:36So when I, when I look at, okay,

04:39what, what helps you win in the postseason, right?

04:42The most important thing of those two pieces to the game, right?

04:46Because I think that you have the other pieces,

04:48your running game, your receivers, your defense,

04:50like you're good enough in those areas,

04:52but those are the two most important pieces.

04:55And I think Curtis is right.

04:57Nationally, the,

04:58the tide is turning toward the New England Patriots.

05:01I think it was Damian Woody yesterday who said,

05:03the road to the Superbowl goes through Foxborough.

05:07And so there, there are,

05:11there are some nationally who believe that this is a team that should get

05:15there at least when it comes to San Francisco.

05:17So your quarterback coach is better than the Colts quarterback coach duo.

05:21So that, that's why when I start to, you know, look at it.

05:25What about your owner?

05:26Is your owner better than the Colts owner?

05:28No, I think she's pretty good.

05:29I got to tell you after the trade deadline, I'm on Courtney's side.

05:32I love the Colts.

05:33I want women running everything.

05:34Yeah.

05:34She, she rolled the dice on sauce Gardner.

05:37So she trying to win this year.

05:39Extra.

05:39All right.

05:40Well, uh, Eagles pull one out and,

05:44and get a win as they should have last night.

05:47And you can talk about that all day long here on Boston sports,

05:51original W E E I, by the way, to start off this morning,

05:55it is veterans day.

05:56So a huge thank you to every single one of you that is serving or has served

06:02this country.

06:03And you are, you are all braver than I,

06:07because I could not do that and do that job the way you have all done it.

06:12So thank you for that.

06:14We are looking forward to lunch with a hero today,

06:16which is happening up in Stoneham at a Viva Trattoria.

06:19I will, in case anybody's wondering, I got to go salad.

06:22I am, I am, uh, I'm full into, uh, diet mode, uh,

06:27in advance of the holidays.

06:29I, I tend to overeat during the holidays.

06:31Everyone does.

06:32I don't know about anybody else.

06:35So I'm going to, I'm going to ramp up, uh, you know,

06:38probably Thanksgiving will be a cheat day for me.

06:42Uh, and same with Christmas.

06:43But, but other than that, I am, uh, I'm really,

06:47I'm going to have to go salad.

06:48Is it the same meal for Thanksgiving and Christmas in your household?

06:51Cause I feel like it is in mine.

06:53You do Turkey for Christmas?

06:55No, we, we do like ham.

06:58Okay.

06:58Then it wouldn't be the same meal.

06:59It's like turkey.

07:01I don't know why.

07:01We do ham and turkey sometimes,

07:03but we do all the sides of the same,

07:05like macaroni and cheese.

07:06Oh,

07:06stuff.

07:07Yeah.

07:08Well, I mean, what do you do differently on?

07:10I'm asking the question.

07:11I mean, Turkey, Turkey,

07:13we, we generally go to depending where I'm going.

07:17Oh, so you go someplace.

07:18Yeah.

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